An archive of past event listings for the Nancy Blackett Trust.
- 14th May / Season launch / Woolverstone
- 21st June / AGM and Summer Social / RHYC, Woolverstone
- 27-29th June / Swamazons Weekend / Walton Backwaters
- 17th-21st July / Heybridge Basin / Heybridge
- 26th July – 8th August / OGA East Summer Cruise / Woolverstone-Wells
- 8th September / Nancy Blackett Day
- 13-14th September / Nancy Blackett Trust exhibit at the IMT Heritage Open Days / Ipswich Docks, Suffolk
- 18-19th October / Laying-up / Woolverstone
| May 25-27th | Nancy Blackett at the OGA Deben Classics Rally | Woodbridge, Suffolk |
| June 8th |
Nancy Blackett AGM |
RHYC, Woolverstone |
| June 29th | Pin Mill Barge Match | Pin Mill, Suffolk |
| July 6th | Heybridge Basin Regatta | Heybridge, Essex |
| July 13th | Swallows and Amazons film – 50th anniversary screening | Riverside Cinema, Woodbridge, Suffolk |
| July 20th-21st | Scarborough Seafest | Scarborough, Yorkshire |
| September 7-8th | St Katharine Docks Classic Boat Festival | London |
| March 23rd | Nancy Blackett launch | Pin Mill, Suffolk |
| March 25th | Nancy Blackett fit-out | Woolverstone, Suffolk |
| June 3rd-4th | Walton Backwaters, Essex | |
| June 17th | NBT AGM | TBC |
| June 18th – July 29th | Summer Cruise | TBC |
| July 22nd-23rd | Waterfront Festival | Littlehampton |
| August 3rd-6th | OGA East Coast 60th Jubilee Party | River Orwell, Suffolk |
| August 19-20th | RHYC Regatta Weekend | RHYC, Suffolk |
| September 9-10th | Classic Boat Festival, St Katherine Dock | London |
| October 14th | Nancy Blackett lift-out | Woolverstone, Suffolk |
| March 18th | The Brian Hammett Memorial Talk: Julia Jones on “Gentlemen, interested in yachting” | RHYC, Woolverstone, Suffolk |
| June 25th |
Suffolk and the Sea – with Felixstowe Book Festival, including Peter Willis, Julia Jones, Claudia Myatt, Richard Woodman and others – plus Nancy Blackett, Peter Duck and other boats open to view at Levington Marina. |
Trimley St Mary, Suffolk |
| August 6th | Nancy Blackett Trust AGM | RHYC, Woolverstone, Suffolk |
| August 26-29th | Arthur Ransome Society AGM Weekend – including Nancy Blackett open to view on Sunday August 28th at Woolverstone | Woolverstone, Suffolk |
| September 4th | Nancy Blackett departs for London | Woolverstone, Suffolk |
| September 10-11th | Classic Boat Festival | St Katharine Docks, London |
| October TBC | End-of-season delivery trip and lift-out | Woolverstone/Woodbridge, Suffolk |
| August 7-8th | Nancy Blackett Trust stall at Deben Summer Festival | Woodbridge, Suffolk |
| January 17-19th | Maritime Film Festival (includes Riddle of the Sands and Swallows & Amazons) | Woodbridge, Suffolk |
| September 20th | Nancy Blackett Trust stall at Robertsons Open Day | Woodbridge, Suffolk |
| March 3rd | Ship Ahoy! Nautical Flags and Knots – workshop with Claudia Myatt (Essex Book Festival) | Harwich, Essex |
| March 3rd | Arthur Ransome: His Life, Books and Legacy – panel with Peter Willis, Sophie Neville and Julia Jones (Essex Book Festival) | Harwich, Essex |
| March 23rd | Fitting-out (members only) | Woodbridge, Suffolk |
| May 24-27th | Arthur Ransome Society AGM (members only) | Lymington, Hampshire |
| May 30th- June 2nd | OGA Yarmouth Gaffers Regatta | Yarmouth, Isle of Wight |
| June 16th | Nancy Blackett Trust AGM (members only) | Swanwick, Hampshire |
| June 22nd-23rd | Swamazons (members only) | Walton Backwaters, Essex |
| July 27th | Harwich Maritime Festival | Harwich, Essex |
| October 26th | End-of-season Lift-out (members only) | Woodbridge, Suffolk |
| March 17-18th | Fitting-out and social weekend (members only) | Woodbridge, Suffolk |
| March-June | Members’ sailing and training | Woolverstone, Suffolk |
| June 9th | Open Day at Woolverstone Marina Day | Woolverstone, Suffolk |
| June 21st | Suffolk Day Walk – Arthur Ransome Trail | Pin Mill, Suffolk |
| June 30th | AGM and Summer Social | Woolverstone, Suffolk |
| July 1-21st | Cruising North (members only) | Woolverstone to Norfolk Broads |
| July 27-29th | Harwich Sea Festival | Harwich |
| August 3rd – September 5th | Cruising South (members only) | Woolverstone to London |
| August 10th | Nancy Blackett at St Katherine’s Dock | London |
| September 8-9th | The Nancy Blackett Shop at Maritime Woodbridge | Woodbridge, Suffolk |
| October 13th | Lift-out and social weekend (members only) | Woodbridge, Suffolk |
| April 8th | Nancy Blackett’s fitting-out and social (members only) | Woodbridge, Suffolk |
| April 26th | Start-of-season lift-in | Woodbridge, Suffolk |
| May 13th (12-1pm) | Shotley Point Stroll (Suffolk Walking Festival) | Bristol Arms, Shotley Gate, Suffolk |
| May 13th (12-5pm) | Arthur Ransome Pin Mill Jamboree | Pin Mill, Suffolk |
| May 15th (1-2pm) | Book group: “We Didn’t Mean to go to Sea”, by Arthur Ransome | Shotley Library (Village Hall), Suffolk |
| May 23rd (9:30am) | “We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea” Guided Walk (Suffolk Walking Festival) | Pin Mill, Suffolk |
| May 27th (11-1:30pm) | Two Rivers Guided Walk (Suffolk Walking Festival) | The Rose, Shotley, Suffolk |
| June 1st | “We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea” Children’s Party | Bristol Arms, Shotley Gate, Suffolk |
| June 2nd (10am-12:30pm) | Farms and Rivers Guided Walk | The Shipwreck, Shotley Marina, Suffolk |
| June 3rd | Nancy Blackett Trust AGM and Summer Social (members and guests) | RHYC, Woolverstone, Suffolk |
| June 4th | Parade of Sail (Nancy Blackett’s Flotilla Sail-past) | Pin Mill, Suffolk |
| June 4th – July 29th | Nancy Blackett’s Netherlands Adventure (members only) | Woolverstone, Suffolk-Middelburg, Netherlands |
| June 10-11th | Swallows and Amazons “Big Race for Small Boats” 2017 (OGA East Coast) | Walton & Frinton Yacht Club, Essex |
| June 16-17th | “Swallows and Amazons” the musical | Platform Theatre, Norwich |
| June 22nd | Schools’ Sea Shanty Finale | Woolverstone Hall, Suffolk |
| August 10th | Ransome cruise on the Orwell Lady (fully booked) | Ipswich to Pin Mill |
| September 10th | Woodbridge Boat Jumble | Community Hall, Woodbridge, Suffolk |
| October 21st | Marathon reading of “We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea” | Pin Mill Sailing Club |
| October 22nd | End-of-season lift-out and social (members only) | Woodbridge, Suffolk |
| November 16th | Book Launch: “Good Little Ship: Arthur Ransome, Nancy Blackett and the Goblin” by Peter Willis | St |
| 2016 | ||
| Late March – early April | Members’ working parties – boat preparation | Woodbridge |
| April 9th | Fitting-out, Members’ Dinner | Woodbridge |
| April 10-15th | Sea trials, skippers & mates familiarisation and delivery cruise | Woodbridge to Woolverstone |
| April (rest of month) | Members’ Sailing | Woodbridge |
| May (all month) | Members’ Sailing | Woolverstone |
| May 6-8th | Cruise in Company to a local port (TBC) | Woolverstone |
| May 11-12th | Books East Literary Pub Crawls | Ipswich |
| May 21st-22nd | RYA “Push the Boat Out” Open Days | Woolverstone |
| June (to 24th) | Members’ Sailing | Woolverstone |
| June 22nd-July 9th | Theatre: “We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea” (Eastern Angles) | Hush House, Bentwaters Parks |
| June 25th | Theatre: “Swallows and Amazons” (Cheshire East Youth Theatre) | Lyceum Theatre, Crewe |
| June 25-27th | OGA Swallows and Amazons Weekend | Woolverstone/Secret Water |
| July 2nd | Annual General Meeting, guest speaker, short sailing trips | RHYC, Woolverstone |
| July 13-17th | Theatre: “We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea” (Eastern Angles) | Nene Park, Peterborough |
| July 23rd | Film: “Swallows and Amazons” (1974) screening | Aldeburgh Cinema |
| July 29th-31st | OGA East Coast Race | Woolverstone/Brightlingsea |
| August 3rd-10th | Richard Wainwright’s Eastern Waters Cruise | Woolverstone |
| August 11-19th | Members’ Sailing | Woolverstone |
| August 19th | New “Swallows and Amazons” film released | (Cinemas TBC) |
| August 20-29th | Nancy Blackett Summer Cruise | Woolverstone/Blackwater |
| September 3rd-10th | Home Waters Cruise | Woolverstone |
| September 11-30th | Members’ Sailing – open for bids | Woolverstone |
| September 23rd | Book launch of “Swallows, Amazons and Coots: A Reading of Arthur Ransome” by Julian Lovelock | University of Buckingham |
| September 29th | Publication of “Swallows, Amazons and Coots: A Reading of Arthur Ransome” by Julian Lovelock | Lutterworth Press, Cambridge |
| October 10th-14th | Autumn Cruise | Woolverstone |
| October 15th | Liftout and Social Evening | Woodbridge |
Header image: Nancy Blackett at Woolverstone, May 2009. Credit: I. Jacobson.